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tomorrow democratic congresswoman karen bass from california, "the daily beast" zachary karabell and michael tomasky. he predicted a gop freak o-out romney lost. what will he say tomorrow? "the cycle" is up next. us d with efficient absorption in one daily dose. citracal slow release. >>> it is thursday, november 8th, and you're in "the cycle." what will washington do about taxes and spending cuts? >> i'm krystal ball. let the countdown again, 73...
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voters in california still have about three and a half hours to vote until the polls close. we are in concord right now where five precincts are all open under the same roof. john? >> reporter: this is the time when polling places like this one start to see business lining up. voters are getting off work and coming in to cast their ballots. all tolled, about 1400 people are expected to come here to make their voices heard. we talked to quite a few people today and everyone said they felt they needed to vote, especially in this election. >> now that our future's at stake for the schools and the kids and myself, since i'm a mom and going back to school, so it's going to impact me as well. i gotta make a difference. >> on a personal level, it's important to bring my daughter. i want her to know her beliefs make a difference. come out and effect possibly an election. >> each voter was asked to insert them into these counting machines. a memory card will be used to transfer the results to the registrar. >> we are joined now with the break down of voting groups. >> reporter: we're
voters in california still have about three and a half hours to vote until the polls close. we are in concord right now where five precincts are all open under the same roof. john? >> reporter: this is the time when polling places like this one start to see business lining up. voters are getting off work and coming in to cast their ballots. all tolled, about 1400 people are expected to come here to make their voices heard. we talked to quite a few people today and everyone said they felt...
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case, the continuing brutal attacks by the serbs in sarajevo, and an an earthquake shakes southern california near northridge. meanwhile, in massachusetts, a little known businessman, willard mitt romney, announces his candidacy for the united states senate as a republican. it's his first run for political office. and his foe? one of the biggest icons of american politics, senator ted kennedy. >> some of us wondered, why would you want to take on ted kennedy in massachusetts as your first political task? and he was very committed, very engaged. >> in fact, the 1994 massachusetts senate race would be a fascinating precursor to the 2012 presidential election with many of the same issues and campaign tactics put in play by both sides. romney, playing up his business success, his opponent questioning it, and questions about romney's religion, the church of jesus christ of latter day saints. but in 1994, it was ted kennedy, a five-term senator, who seemed vulnerable, coming off the well publicized 1991 rape trial of his nephew, william kennedy smith. even though smith is acquitted, the political d
case, the continuing brutal attacks by the serbs in sarajevo, and an an earthquake shakes southern california near northridge. meanwhile, in massachusetts, a little known businessman, willard mitt romney, announces his candidacy for the united states senate as a republican. it's his first run for political office. and his foe? one of the biggest icons of american politics, senator ted kennedy. >> some of us wondered, why would you want to take on ted kennedy in massachusetts as your first...
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. >> y votar el california es más fácil que en otros estados por eso es probable que tengamos records historicos. >> el beneficio de california es que las personas se pueden registrar por internet. >> y el nuevo registro de internet aumento >> somos más latinos y más demócdemócrata. >> y este cambio también es un cambio de vista ante los inmigrantes. >> una reciente encuesta dice que si la propuesta huviese sido propuesta antes no habría sido ta exitoso. >> en california la tolerancia a los inmigrantes tiene limites porque creen que deben seguir deteniendo a inmigrantes indocuminmigrante indocumentado. >> y la tasa de empleo subió un poco pero también el índice que desempleo es que el número de personas de buscan empleo aumento más que los trabajos creados. >> durante los últimos años han fallado las cortes sobre casos de inmigrantes. >> hay más jueces de 211 a 238. >> y este laboratorio genero el brote de meningitis cerro para que revisen sus instalaciones. ya van 27 víctimas fatales. >> y brasil se suma a los países en los que encuentran narcotuneles. >> en perú una
. >> y votar el california es más fácil que en otros estados por eso es probable que tengamos records historicos. >> el beneficio de california es que las personas se pueden registrar por internet. >> y el nuevo registro de internet aumento >> somos más latinos y más demócdemócrata. >> y este cambio también es un cambio de vista ante los inmigrantes. >> una reciente encuesta dice que si la propuesta huviese sido propuesta antes no habría sido ta...
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you know, in 2010, the dea asked eric holder and the justice department to come in to california and to campaign against proposition 19 which was on the ballot to legalize marijuana. holder did come out against it strongly and that helped defeat it just barely but it hept lped defeat it. this year they did the same thing and holder declined. he just didn't did it. he said i'm not going to get involved in this. i think part is that holder sees which way the wind is blowing here. in fact, in colorado pot got 50,000 more voting than obama so, you know -- you don't want to be on the wrong side of this. >> you do not. is it also a larger conversation about the war on drugs? i remember the commercial and the egg and all of that, this is your brain on drugs. is this an evolution and the information we now know and the difference in drugs, the types of drugs? >> yeah. and you saw this in michigan where a lot of different towns and cities decriminalized. in massachusetts they passed a strong medical marijuana law. arkansas almost passed a medical marijuana law. arkansas. in california, voters
you know, in 2010, the dea asked eric holder and the justice department to come in to california and to campaign against proposition 19 which was on the ballot to legalize marijuana. holder did come out against it strongly and that helped defeat it just barely but it hept lped defeat it. this year they did the same thing and holder declined. he just didn't did it. he said i'm not going to get involved in this. i think part is that holder sees which way the wind is blowing here. in fact, in...
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now back to senator barbara boxer joining us from oakland, california. senator boxer, perfect segue here. mitt romney talking about how he's going to work across the aisle with members of the house and the senate to get things passed. do you think that's possible as i said right before we started listening to governor romney harry reid says it's laughable to think senate democrats would work with the governor to pass his severely conservative agenda. >> let me first say, i don't know where the governor's been for the last four years. but the way he portrays our president is outrageous. absolutely outrageous. i was there, i saw this man present a big and very important budget deal to john boehner, a $4 trillion deficit reduction and boehner said yes, and then at the last minute after he checked with his tea party he walked away. i served with barack obama in the senate. he has friends across the aisle, he reaches across the aisle, but when you have a majority leader named mitch mcconnell who said his highest priority is seeing this man become a one-term p
now back to senator barbara boxer joining us from oakland, california. senator boxer, perfect segue here. mitt romney talking about how he's going to work across the aisle with members of the house and the senate to get things passed. do you think that's possible as i said right before we started listening to governor romney harry reid says it's laughable to think senate democrats would work with the governor to pass his severely conservative agenda. >> let me first say, i don't know...
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we've got poll closings california idaho, oregon, and washington. in terms of the way that we can characterize these races, in california, which is the largest all nbc news projects that president obrnia. in the state of washington, nbc news also projects that president obama is the winner in the state of washington. in hawaii, p home state projects that president obama has won in hawaii. in nbc news projects that mitt romney has won in states in the nation. and in oregon, the ruling is from hour too early to call. president obama in the lead in terms of understanding what we are waiting on right now, iowa -- or as i like to think of ohio part of iowa, it's too early to call and in florida, it is too close call. in ohio it is also too close to call. in north carolina, too close to call. in virginia, it is too close to callcas stand at this p of the hour results from polls that just closed, california, washington, and hawaii all going for president obama. mr. romney winning in idaho. oregon characterized as too early to call with obama in the lead. s
we've got poll closings california idaho, oregon, and washington. in terms of the way that we can characterize these races, in california, which is the largest all nbc news projects that president obrnia. in the state of washington, nbc news also projects that president obama is the winner in the state of washington. in hawaii, p home state projects that president obama has won in hawaii. in nbc news projects that mitt romney has won in states in the nation. and in oregon, the ruling is from...
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. >>> republicans are becoming something of an endangered species in california. today republican congressman brian bilbray who has been on the show lost his bid for re-election in the san diego area. bilbray conceded the race to democrat scott peters. in his state's newly drawn 52nd district. last night the associate the press called the race in the seventh district. there longtime republican congressman and "hardball" guest dan lundgren is out. tote notre dame guy. that brings california's congressional delegation to only 15 republicans. wow. we'll be right back. grand chero, tell them it's like being nestled in an eight-way, adjustable, heated and ventilated seat surrounded by a 500-watt sound system while floating on a suspension made of billowy clouds. or you could just hand them your keys. ♪ ♪ when you take a closer look... ...at the best schools in the world... ...you see they all have something very interesting in common. they have teachers... ...with a deeper knowledge of their subjects. as a result, their students achieve at a higher level. let's dev
. >>> republicans are becoming something of an endangered species in california. today republican congressman brian bilbray who has been on the show lost his bid for re-election in the san diego area. bilbray conceded the race to democrat scott peters. in his state's newly drawn 52nd district. last night the associate the press called the race in the seventh district. there longtime republican congressman and "hardball" guest dan lundgren is out. tote notre dame guy. that...
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new york reports that around 50,000 utility workers are descenting on the region from as far away as california and canada. authorities say that the storm killed 94 people in the united states. here in new york, the latest count by city officials indicates now 37 deaths, 19 of those on staten island alone. the red cross today century spons units to the hardest hit areas to distribute water. fema officials arrived there today with food and supplied. governor christie's office announced today that new jersey transit will restart with service tomorrow. officials are working to expand the limited service of the subways. amtrack will begin to run partial service of the city tomorrow. growing problem will be lines at stations stretching for more than a mile. in the city of yonkers officials are limits customers to no more than ten gallons. in south manhattan people went through dumpsters today to look for unspoiled food thrown out by a super market. officials warning that the east coast could be hit by another storm this time next week. the devastation on staten island the new york borough that was t
new york reports that around 50,000 utility workers are descenting on the region from as far away as california and canada. authorities say that the storm killed 94 people in the united states. here in new york, the latest count by city officials indicates now 37 deaths, 19 of those on staten island alone. the red cross today century spons units to the hardest hit areas to distribute water. fema officials arrived there today with food and supplied. governor christie's office announced today...
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expect a long night for california propositions. we want you to talk to us this election night and would like to hear from you. you can join the conversation by going to facebook.com/ktvu or find us on tweeter@ktvu. you can use the hatch tag, ktvu 2012 for that election conversation that we will be having tonight. >>> we are continuing to track the latest election results, especially the results coming in, in some of the key states including virginia, florida and ohio. the presidential election could hinge on those results. the latest numbers when we return. we are live in san jose on what is on the minds of voters. >> this is one of the busiest times. we have seen the number drops off. we will find a roomful of people tallying voters. 46% of those ballots have been returned. there are also several local issues, expanding card rooms in san jose to medical marijuana dispensaries and the minimum wage to be raised to ten dollars an hour. >> i voted against it. i think it is too much of a hike in a short period of time. i do think that
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joining me now for a look at the final stretch of this close race, california senator barbara boxer. senator, thanks so much for joining us. the gender gap has been a big issue, the women's vote has been a big issue among voters throughout this campaign. let's talk about the gender gap. the president has sort of narrow lead among women. it's no longer the double-digit lead that he had. but is this enough for him to carry him, despite the disadvantage that he has with male, men voters, especially white men? >> first of all there are more women voters than men voters. so when he's leading women by eight and romney is leading men by seven, i think the math works in our favor. but here's the other interesting statistic -- among the undecides, the few that are left, most of them are women. and i think as women look at this, whether they're number one issue is jobs, and they look at the latest jobs reports, do you know that you probably do, that barack obama, under his leadership, we've created more private-sector jobs in the last couple of months than george w. bush in eight years? and th
joining me now for a look at the final stretch of this close race, california senator barbara boxer. senator, thanks so much for joining us. the gender gap has been a big issue, the women's vote has been a big issue among voters throughout this campaign. let's talk about the gender gap. the president has sort of narrow lead among women. it's no longer the double-digit lead that he had. but is this enough for him to carry him, despite the disadvantage that he has with male, men voters,...
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we flew, you know, power equipment from california on military aircraft into the area. so we're doing everything we can. this was an unprecedented storm, and obviously it's impacted so many people on the eastern seaboard. and it's going to take a while to recover. so we're going to be there, each and every day. you know, we've made a lot of progress. not enough. i think everyone would attest. until everyone has been reached and gotten assistance, we get all the power on, the work continues. but i think fema has done an he outstanding job. the president obviously has been working on this intensively. and our local leaders, governor christie and mayor bloomberg, governor comeau and governor d malloy, and all of the local officials are doing everything they can obviously because people are suffering and hurting out there, and we've got to stand by them and make sure we stay on this until the job gets done. >> let me take you back to political handicapping here in the time two days.t you've heard our latest numbers as the polling, a one-point edge for president obama in the
we flew, you know, power equipment from california on military aircraft into the area. so we're doing everything we can. this was an unprecedented storm, and obviously it's impacted so many people on the eastern seaboard. and it's going to take a while to recover. so we're going to be there, each and every day. you know, we've made a lot of progress. not enough. i think everyone would attest. until everyone has been reached and gotten assistance, we get all the power on, the work continues. but...
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history in the polls would indicate that, for example, california will go to the democrats and texas to the republicans. which means the outcome of this election will actually be decided in just a handful of states. this has been the most extensive and expensive election in history. the romney campaign has probably done all it can to secure victory. now america must decide if he's the right man to lead the country. >> for more on how this race is shaping up in these very final hours, i'm joined by jim gilmore. he's the former republican governor of virginia and nia who served in the clinton and obama administrations. governor, let me start with you. virginia, i have to ask you, how is it looking for mitt romney? >> he looks very good for mitt romney. i think he's quite likely to carry virginia. but it's very close. so a lot depends upon how things turn out tomorrow, who's excited about going to vote. but it looks like romney's going to carry virginia. >> we'll be watching your state tomorrow night but let me ask you this. if you look at the state of the american economy and you look
history in the polls would indicate that, for example, california will go to the democrats and texas to the republicans. which means the outcome of this election will actually be decided in just a handful of states. this has been the most extensive and expensive election in history. the romney campaign has probably done all it can to secure victory. now america must decide if he's the right man to lead the country. >> for more on how this race is shaping up in these very final hours, i'm...
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you look the way that scott brown has had to defend his vote against california began and the way that the republicans campaigned against sotomayor. it's amazing they have been left out. >> and knowing how important women are to the obama campaign. if he does get women above 56% and particularly if younger women don't turn out, then obama's chances may be doomed. and knowing that, why not emphasize i apointed two women to the supreme court who were the third and fourth women ever appointed to the court in the history of the country. they may have missed an opportunity. >> they did draw a sharp distinction with the republicans. in large part because they had such -- it's so easy to do that. especially with paul ryan on the ticket. there have been anti-abortion on the past, but never one with a legislative trail like paul ryan's. and mitt romney has gone almost as extreme as mr. ryan has in overturning roe versus wade. he would do that against the contraception hostility. i can see on women's issues in particular, you want to be on offense talking about your own record. >> but this was g
you look the way that scott brown has had to defend his vote against california began and the way that the republicans campaigned against sotomayor. it's amazing they have been left out. >> and knowing how important women are to the obama campaign. if he does get women above 56% and particularly if younger women don't turn out, then obama's chances may be doomed. and knowing that, why not emphasize i apointed two women to the supreme court who were the third and fourth women ever...
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what about california? if part of you can't get 45% of the vote, much above 40% of the vote in california is not a party about the future. >> and blaming chris christie is exactly maybe what's wrong with the party. you tell me. he should step above it. but can he? >> i think there are a lot of republicans that need to fight back. and you look at this party, jon meacham, this party has lost 5 out of the last 6 elections when it comes to the popular vote. and they had a great victory two years ago, but the same thing happened in 1994. look historically, jon. 1992, bill clinton, a new democrat wins. two years later rejected by a republican revolution. two years later, re-elected. the same thing has happened again. by republicans who have won. republicans won an historic landslide. we were here two years ago. a lot of unhappy democrats. two years later, they're seen as overreaching and rejected by the american people. >> democrats have shown a greater capacity of the modern era to learn from adversity. and the
what about california? if part of you can't get 45% of the vote, much above 40% of the vote in california is not a party about the future. >> and blaming chris christie is exactly maybe what's wrong with the party. you tell me. he should step above it. but can he? >> i think there are a lot of republicans that need to fight back. and you look at this party, jon meacham, this party has lost 5 out of the last 6 elections when it comes to the popular vote. and they had a great victory...
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they created ladies night in the magnolia park area of sur bank, california, to boost sales by staying open late. make sure to support your local retailers on november 24th for the third annual small business saturday. for more, watch "your business" this sunday morning at 7:30 on msnbc. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] it started long ago. the joy of giving something everything you've got. it takes passion. and it's not letting up anytime soon. if you're eligible for medicare, you might know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they help pay some of the difference. and could save you in out-of-pocket medical costs. you'll be able to visit any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients. plus, there are no networks, and you never need a referral to see a specialist. so don't wait. call now to request a free decision guide to help you understand medicare. and which aarp medicare
they created ladies night in the magnolia park area of sur bank, california, to boost sales by staying open late. make sure to support your local retailers on november 24th for the third annual small business saturday. for more, watch "your business" this sunday morning at 7:30 on msnbc. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] it started long ago. the joy of giving something everything you've got. it takes passion. and it's not letting up anytime soon. if you're eligible for medicare, you might...
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congressman adam schiff from california, thank you for your straight story. jonathan allen is covering the story from politico. do you see what i'm trying to get at? we want to know why it took so long what now looks to be the straight story. the picture developed like a polaroid film in the old days. it finally developed. it was really always a terrorist attack in the sense the terrorists organized the event. didn't take advantage of it, didn't hijack it, it was their event. >> by definition these guys attack a u.s. embassy, they're terrorists. this is not rocket science, and these are nice glass houses and glass senates the folks in the hill are living on where they suddenly think it's a crime to go out and use talking points that aren't honest. geez, if that was a crime, 535 members of congress would be in jail for it. i'm listening to this, i have listened to congressman schiff and other members talk to folks who were in the room with david petraeus. no matter how many conversations you have, nothing is clear about the time line of when our intelligence c
congressman adam schiff from california, thank you for your straight story. jonathan allen is covering the story from politico. do you see what i'm trying to get at? we want to know why it took so long what now looks to be the straight story. the picture developed like a polaroid film in the old days. it finally developed. it was really always a terrorist attack in the sense the terrorists organized the event. didn't take advantage of it, didn't hijack it, it was their event. >> by...
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they created the night burbank, california to boost sales by staying open late. make sure to support your local retailers on november 24th for the third annual small business saturday. for more watch "your business" on sunday mornings at 7:30 on msnbc. >>> the candidates are streaking through the country today trying to hit up as many toss-up states as possible. the president has already been to wisconsin and will hold events in ohio and iowa before the night is through. mitt romney is through florida and is on his way to his second stop in virginia. romney has an event planned for ohio later today before his final rally in new hampshire tonight with special guest kid rock. we spent the last week or so giving you states to watch for tomorrow night. saturday we broke down iowa. today we zero in on a state with very different concerns, nevada. it, too, has six electoral votes up for grabs, but unlike iowa nevada is racked by the housing market and has the highest unemployment in the nation. why does the president hold a slim lead in the silver state? let's put it t
they created the night burbank, california to boost sales by staying open late. make sure to support your local retailers on november 24th for the third annual small business saturday. for more watch "your business" on sunday mornings at 7:30 on msnbc. >>> the candidates are streaking through the country today trying to hit up as many toss-up states as possible. the president has already been to wisconsin and will hold events in ohio and iowa before the night is through. mitt...
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this just in -- police say have arrested an escaped prisoner from california who had been loose for 12 years. corrections officials say was taken into custody in fairfax after escaping from a los angeles detention center. history of identity- crimes. authorities say she was still in identity theft and may file additional charges her here as well. >> if you planned to be near dupont circle tomorrow night, officials around the 17th and church streets klaus for the annual high race. flockeds of spectators to 17th street. scheduled for last night, but was rescheduled because of sandy. show will go on tomorrow. halloween was not rescheduled because of sandy. treaters out and about. we caught up with them in northwest washington. you can see it was not just one duess steam. got into the spirit as well. i cannot believe he wanted to be witnessed in that. [laughter] everybody has seen a. it is so nice -- that is his natural hair. is nice everybody is break from this terrible weather. >> it has been nasty around here. when you see what folks have had .o deal with up north a lot of folks said it
this just in -- police say have arrested an escaped prisoner from california who had been loose for 12 years. corrections officials say was taken into custody in fairfax after escaping from a los angeles detention center. history of identity- crimes. authorities say she was still in identity theft and may file additional charges her here as well. >> if you planned to be near dupont circle tomorrow night, officials around the 17th and church streets klaus for the annual high race. flockeds...
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right now he's not here in california i mean we're not calling it that i think it's fairly obvious he's that he's lost michigan and he's lost massachusetts where they really no i mean he was the governor and he's lost new hampshire to you know the state next door in the place where he has a summer home and where you know what he wants a lot of is to many one of many. and one of several out of many of his cadillacs are there but also i was in a meeting in las vegas a couple of weeks ago with harry reid and he struck this so we strongly implied or suggested that if the situation and i think we're seeing play out right now happens that there's a very very real chance that we're going to change the senate rules and blow up with the poster the flipside of that and the reason i think why you would say that is because the republicans came out about a month ago this internal memo was leaked to that said that they're going to they're going to start pushing stuff through if they if they took the senate they would push everything through by reconciliation in other words they would get around the f
right now he's not here in california i mean we're not calling it that i think it's fairly obvious he's that he's lost michigan and he's lost massachusetts where they really no i mean he was the governor and he's lost new hampshire to you know the state next door in the place where he has a summer home and where you know what he wants a lot of is to many one of many. and one of several out of many of his cadillacs are there but also i was in a meeting in las vegas a couple of weeks ago with...
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depending how they rule on it, it may be good for california only. it may apply nationwide. one other quick one, chuck. california defeated a proposition that would have done away with the death penalty. >> also the marijuana laws, aren't there federal laws that trump state laws here? how does this work? >> well, there are federal laws. whether they will trump them in practice, i frankly doubt. i think what's going to happen here is the federal government is going to turn a blind eye to the recreational use of marijuana in these states as long as people don't abuse the state law and have enormous amounts. as a practical matter, federal drug agents don't want to prosecute people for an ounce of marijuana. e spsspecially in a state wherey want it to happen. and it's telling that several former drug agents, several former people who ran dea asked the justice department to oppose these measures and it wouldn't. >> pete williams with all things ballot initiatives and the legalities of them all. thank you, sir. >>> before we run to break, i got to show you
depending how they rule on it, it may be good for california only. it may apply nationwide. one other quick one, chuck. california defeated a proposition that would have done away with the death penalty. >> also the marijuana laws, aren't there federal laws that trump state laws here? how does this work? >> well, there are federal laws. whether they will trump them in practice, i frankly doubt. i think what's going to happen here is the federal government is going to turn a blind...
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he won only about 19% of his home state of california in a three-way race won by james buchanan. well, romney also lost the state he was in born in michigan, lost new hampshire, and california, where he owns homes. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." in a series of hard-fought races, democrats kept control of the u.s. senate last night, despite ample opportunities for republicans to pick up seats. and today, two more races have been called for democrats. nbc news can project that incumbent senator jon tester of montana has won re-election. and in north dakota, heidi heightkamp is the apparent winner in her race against rick berg. and that brings the democrats' edge to 53 seats to the republican's 45. but there are really two other incumbents who will be, in effect, democrats in the next united states senate, giving them a 55-45 edge. u.s. congressman, now senator-elect, joe donnelly, won richard lugar's seat in indiana last night, defeating state treasurer, richard mourdock. he joins me now. well, mr. donnelly, congressman, i am so impressed, you gave up a safe s
he won only about 19% of his home state of california in a three-way race won by james buchanan. well, romney also lost the state he was in born in michigan, lost new hampshire, and california, where he owns homes. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." in a series of hard-fought races, democrats kept control of the u.s. senate last night, despite ample opportunities for republicans to pick up seats. and today, two more races have been called for democrats. nbc...
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i am impressed by california. once again either showing the way or doing something completely new like voting to raise taxes for any reason, even education, and they did it. you guys -- i never thought jerry could do it again. >> they're amazing out there. >> thank you, mr. mayor. thank you, michael steele. you handled this already, didn't you? >> it was pretty good. >> you voted for the other guy, right? >> no. i voted for mitt romney. thank you very much. >> i thought you might. up next, inside -- it's going to be great. junkies stay with us. we have the greatest inside stories coming up from our embeds of what actually happened to romney the last couple months, what happened to the obama camp, inside. i wish we had two hours for this. we have a few minutes. the fact the rom people thought they had won up through tuesday evening. how it all went to the end. great stuff coming up. that's ahead. this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> we're coming back with the inside story of both campaigns in the final d
i am impressed by california. once again either showing the way or doing something completely new like voting to raise taxes for any reason, even education, and they did it. you guys -- i never thought jerry could do it again. >> they're amazing out there. >> thank you, mr. mayor. thank you, michael steele. you handled this already, didn't you? >> it was pretty good. >> you voted for the other guy, right? >> no. i voted for mitt romney. thank you very much....
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bush was going to win california. they spent millions and millions of dollars on advertising there. they sent bush out there, precious time, near the end of the campaign. i said, tad devine, carter, those of us involved in that campaign, so we're not spending one dime in california, and gore won the state by 1.3 million votes. the wish can't become father to the reality, which is what's going on here. >> like a team trying to talk their way to a championship instead of playing the game, so to speak. shouldn't romney have florida wrapped up? >> he should. he has a lot of -- there, he has structural advantages because he's got the governor and virtually all the statewide officials. but i think the medicare, and the republicans like to say, oh, we've countered it with this lie about a $716 billion cut under obama care, when in fact there is no such cut. there's no cut in benefits. i think that seniors have figured out two things. one, romney wants to replace medicare with voucher care. they don't like it. but isn't it the latino and the african-american turnout in southern florida that
bush was going to win california. they spent millions and millions of dollars on advertising there. they sent bush out there, precious time, near the end of the campaign. i said, tad devine, carter, those of us involved in that campaign, so we're not spending one dime in california, and gore won the state by 1.3 million votes. the wish can't become father to the reality, which is what's going on here. >> like a team trying to talk their way to a championship instead of playing the game,...
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talk a little bit about you know labeling foods in california we're fighting for our right to know what we're eating right now only a quarter of the public is actually aware that they're already eating to medically modified foods and so we just don't know what we're eating people are completely unaware seventy five percent of us say they think they've never eaten anything to medically modified so in california we have a ballot initiative that would give us that simple right foods would be labeled may contain genetically modified organisms now critics of this critics of this say that they are concerned that if it's labeled that you're eating a genetically modified food people are going to freak out they say there's no evidence that these foods do any more harm to you than you know if it wasn't and they also say that's going to drive up food prices well the argument about food prices is completely specious it's just has no basis in fact not even in the fact that the opposition site they claim that food prices will rise four hundred dollars that's the cost of switching from g.m.o. ingredie
talk a little bit about you know labeling foods in california we're fighting for our right to know what we're eating right now only a quarter of the public is actually aware that they're already eating to medically modified foods and so we just don't know what we're eating people are completely unaware seventy five percent of us say they think they've never eaten anything to medically modified so in california we have a ballot initiative that would give us that simple right foods would be...
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there are recent polls out of massachusetts, connecticut and california in the last 24 hours that shows obama losing nine to ten points even more than that in connecticut off of his 2008 performance and that would represent a pretty substantial decline that's greater than that elsewhere in the country. in terms of the hurricane it's hard to say. i'm not sure about what areas are affected. the atlantic coast of new jersey is not in a democratic area. staten island will vote for romney. suffolk county, new york is divided. i don't know how much turnout will fall on the city of new york. if i want does it would make a difference. >> democrats are contesting on the shore, there's talk maybe the republican areas hardest hit there. i want to ask you another thing about the battleground. i took a look this morning and it seems there's basically a fire wall here that obama has on tuesday that involves three states, ohio, wisconsin, and nevada. if romney won basically everything else that's up for grabs in not these three states he would be short of 270. he would have 267. if you look at the cle
there are recent polls out of massachusetts, connecticut and california in the last 24 hours that shows obama losing nine to ten points even more than that in connecticut off of his 2008 performance and that would represent a pretty substantial decline that's greater than that elsewhere in the country. in terms of the hurricane it's hard to say. i'm not sure about what areas are affected. the atlantic coast of new jersey is not in a democratic area. staten island will vote for romney. suffolk...
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in california, lungren is trailing by less than 200 votes. in florida's 18th district, 100% of the vote is in. republican congressman allen west is trailing. seems a little bit too much to overcome. 2,500 votes. he's demanding a recount. you do wonder what happens if the florida presidential has to go in that direction. i'll explain that in a few minutes. north carolina, district 7, 100% in. the democrat incumbent there is in the lead but it is only 500 votes. there will be a runoff in louisiana's third dwikt between two republicans. >>> two races still too close to call at this hour, in washington state, the governor's race is still undecided. we've been down the road here before with washington state. haven't we? the mail-in ballots. talk to us next week. we might have a winner there. then there's florida. we still haven't called in the presidential race, because of the law that requires an automatic recount if the margin is less than .5%. right now with some of those absentee ballots counted, it is just above the less than .5%. if it gets
in california, lungren is trailing by less than 200 votes. in florida's 18th district, 100% of the vote is in. republican congressman allen west is trailing. seems a little bit too much to overcome. 2,500 votes. he's demanding a recount. you do wonder what happens if the florida presidential has to go in that direction. i'll explain that in a few minutes. north carolina, district 7, 100% in. the democrat incumbent there is in the lead but it is only 500 votes. there will be a runoff in...
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we saw that the former ceo of ebay, meg whitman, in california spent $125 million of her own fortune and it didn't work. she lost the governorship to jerry brown who obviously spent a lot less. because you're spending this money doesn't mean that you're persuading voters to your point of view. >> to your point, we have an ad which is from americans for prosperity which imagines a future world in which china dominates the united states. it's a pretty ugly ad. >> yes. >> but it's also dumb. if you look at the front page of the "new york times" today, there's a story that says all the highly skilled people in china are actually leaving to go elsewhere. so it seems like a dumb ad in the likes of that analysis. >> plus, to offend your largest creditor, which clearly it's offensive as well and borderline racist -- >> zen o phobia never hurt some of these organizations. >> there's no reason to offend your largest creditor. we need to work with the chinese, we need to work with the japanese, we need to work with all the people who are financing our massive debt and not offend them in any way
we saw that the former ceo of ebay, meg whitman, in california spent $125 million of her own fortune and it didn't work. she lost the governorship to jerry brown who obviously spent a lot less. because you're spending this money doesn't mean that you're persuading voters to your point of view. >> to your point, we have an ad which is from americans for prosperity which imagines a future world in which china dominates the united states. it's a pretty ugly ad. >> yes. >> but...
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he won only about 19% of his home state of california in a three-way race, won by james buchanan. well, romney also lost the way, state that he was born in, michigan, plus california where he owns homes. we'll be right back. ♪ [ birds chirping ] are you sure you can fit in there? [ chuckles ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] around view monitor with bird's-eye view. nice work. [ male announcer ] introducing the all-new nissan pathfinder. it's our most innovative pathfinder ever. nissan. innovation that excites. ♪ but, dad, you've got... [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. [ voice of dennis ] indeed. are you in good hands? he loves risk. but whether he's climbing everest, scuba diving the great barrier reef with sharks, or jumping into the market, he goes with people he trusts, which is why he trades with a company that doesn't nickel and dime him with hidden fees. so he can worry about other things, like what the market is doing and being ready, no matter what happens, which isn't rock
he won only about 19% of his home state of california in a three-way race, won by james buchanan. well, romney also lost the way, state that he was born in, michigan, plus california where he owns homes. we'll be right back. ♪ [ birds chirping ] are you sure you can fit in there? [ chuckles ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] around view monitor with bird's-eye view. nice work. [ male announcer ] introducing the all-new nissan pathfinder. it's our most innovative pathfinder ever. nissan. innovation...
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>> joining me now, msnbc's joy reid and robert reich, former clinton labor secretary, university of california at berkeley economics professor, and author of "beyond outrage." joy reid, do you know florida? has no one told jeb bush this thing about his brother's lack of popularity with the american public? >> poor jeb keeps trying. he tried it at the convention too. he just tries to slip george in there every so often. >> you can't blame a brother, though. >> he loves his brother. you know, he keeps trying to get him back on the stage, and republicans keep saying no, thanks, we don't need him. it's also interesting. i wonder if jeb has seen that memo that came out from republican party operatives about the sort of panic attack they're having about the state of florida. they are losing the early vote ground game right now. they are actually very worried, particularly looking at places like palm beach, which is a democratic-leaning county, but where republicans usually have a decided advantage in absentees. a lot of elderly folks. this time democrats have closed that gap and closed it fast in te
>> joining me now, msnbc's joy reid and robert reich, former clinton labor secretary, university of california at berkeley economics professor, and author of "beyond outrage." joy reid, do you know florida? has no one told jeb bush this thing about his brother's lack of popularity with the american public? >> poor jeb keeps trying. he tried it at the convention too. he just tries to slip george in there every so often. >> you can't blame a brother, though. >>...
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he won only about 19% of his home state of california in a three-way race won by james buchanan. well, romney also lost the state he was in born in michigan, lost new hampshire, and california, where he owns homes. we'll be right back. hey. hey eddie. i brought your stuff. you don't have to do this. yes i do. i want you to keep this. it'd be weird. take care. you too. so how did it go? he's upset. [ male announcer ] spend less time at gas stations with best in class fuel economy. it's our most innovative altima ever. now get a $199 per month lease on a 2013 nissan altima. ♪ you walk into a conventional mattress store, it's really not about you. we have so much technology in our store to really show the customers what's going on with their bodies. this is your body there. you can see a little more pressure in the shoulders and in the hips. ... now you can feel what happens as we raise your sleep number setting and allow the bed to contour to your individual shape. oh, wow. that feels really good. at sleep number we've created a collection of innovations dedicated to individualiz
he won only about 19% of his home state of california in a three-way race won by james buchanan. well, romney also lost the state he was in born in michigan, lost new hampshire, and california, where he owns homes. we'll be right back. hey. hey eddie. i brought your stuff. you don't have to do this. yes i do. i want you to keep this. it'd be weird. take care. you too. so how did it go? he's upset. [ male announcer ] spend less time at gas stations with best in class fuel economy. it's our most...
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diferentes pero todo el ,mundo deberá de salir a votar y estamo seguros con el voto latino obre todo en california, florida, ohio y otros estados. hay una gama importante de posibildiades pero esperamos que todos salgan a votar, especialmente los latinos. el presidente tenía ventaja pero mitt romney llegó al empate, qué pasó? >>> no creo eso. >>> gracias por la invitación. como cambia la campaña? por un par de días todo el mundo se centro en nuestro. >>> la pausa de la política internacional pero estamo nuevamente en marcha y el gobernador está en campaña por los siguientes días. >>> la agencia femma ha ayudado a muchos durante esto pero el gobernador dijo que femma debería de desaparecer. >>> dijo que nos debíamo sde cersiorar que diéramos recursos a los que están en prima fila en cuánto a recursos, pero igual apoyamos otras medidas. >>> son estados y gobiernos locales que tienen rcursos pero femma tiene un papel muy importante y el gobernador lo sabe muy bien. >>> los estadoe y gobiernos locales deben enfocarse en esto. >>> usted y calrock han trabajado duro por el voto latino y
diferentes pero todo el ,mundo deberá de salir a votar y estamo seguros con el voto latino obre todo en california, florida, ohio y otros estados. hay una gama importante de posibildiades pero esperamos que todos salgan a votar, especialmente los latinos. el presidente tenía ventaja pero mitt romney llegó al empate, qué pasó? >>> no creo eso. >>> gracias por la invitación. como cambia la campaña? por un par de días todo el mundo se centro en nuestro. >>> la...
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cnn can project that california will be won by the president of the united states. all 55 -- a huge number, largest number of united states. all 55 electoral votes will go to the president. hawaii, where he was born, four electoral votes, the president will carry hawaii. he will also carry washington state on the west coast, 12 electoral votes, they all go for the president of the united states. mitt romney, some wins on the west coast in idaho. four electoral votes in idaho and three in montana. right now, can't make a pro in oregon. don't have enough information right now, but let me show where you the race for 270 stands right now. the president, not now taking the lead. 228 for president obama to 176 for mitt romney. 270 needed to be elected president. the yellow states out there, those are the states we have not yet made projections in. as we wait for more real votes to come, we want to share what our exit polls are revealing. these are estimates, based on interviews with a sampling of voters as they left select polling stations and based on phone interviews we
cnn can project that california will be won by the president of the united states. all 55 -- a huge number, largest number of united states. all 55 electoral votes will go to the president. hawaii, where he was born, four electoral votes, the president will carry hawaii. he will also carry washington state on the west coast, 12 electoral votes, they all go for the president of the united states. mitt romney, some wins on the west coast in idaho. four electoral votes in idaho and three in...
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over the last decade, 53 seats in california, five house election cycles. 265 elections in california and only one seat out of those 265 times changed hands. now, though, we have seen -- as they are still counting a lot of districts, but we have seen eight or nine competitive seats with a very interesting stories. tell us about it. >> on both sides of the aisle, too. by the time we left the office this morning, there were 13 votes. there were about 200 separate in congressman dan lundgren from his democratic challenger in sacramento. and mcnerney had a tough race, too. both parties made a real effort to try to invest time and resources with consultants and apparatus that they have never had to pay attention to before because there was no point in going there. it is going to be interesting to see what happens. given how many seats hang in a very narrow balance right now, what we end up thinking about the final results of this election depends on a few hundred votes each in a half- dozen votes, which could tip an election either way. and you would never cease and the like this independe
over the last decade, 53 seats in california, five house election cycles. 265 elections in california and only one seat out of those 265 times changed hands. now, though, we have seen -- as they are still counting a lot of districts, but we have seen eight or nine competitive seats with a very interesting stories. tell us about it. >> on both sides of the aisle, too. by the time we left the office this morning, there were 13 votes. there were about 200 separate in congressman dan lundgren...
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there was one in california that we don't have results in yet. >> and we had tom lee survive his challenge against leonard bosswell in iowa. that was an interesting race because you knew they were going to be drawn in the same distance for a year and a half and it was f memb ofer congress.howeverer >> the district favored democratic -- democrat bosworth by latham is one of his closest friends with john boehner >> well, there are all sorts of numbers to look at and we're alternating between showing everyone those numbers and showing the crowd and chicago which looked -- is it looking at itself on the stage? i can't tell what's happened there oh, there's a crowd backstage, too. the for a while it looked like there was a -- oh, there is a crowd on the stage. so it may not be a million plus from grant park but it looks like a full house and they are -- they're patient. it's now been two hours and 15 minutes. impatient and polite. >> and we get the few moments for those of you who might be tuning in and out we did hear a concession speech brief and to the point. concession street from mitt romn
there was one in california that we don't have results in yet. >> and we had tom lee survive his challenge against leonard bosswell in iowa. that was an interesting race because you knew they were going to be drawn in the same distance for a year and a half and it was f memb ofer congress.howeverer >> the district favored democratic -- democrat bosworth by latham is one of his closest friends with john boehner >> well, there are all sorts of numbers to look at and we're...
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are california, hawaii, idaho, oregon, and washington. those are all states that the president is expected to win. that would be about 70 -- actually 82 electoral votes that he could pick up in the 11:00 p.m. hour or shortly thereafter. so now your up to about 245. i have not even counted ohio where he is leading, not prohibitively, but leading command that would bring you to 263, within seven of winning the 270 you need. and then you understand that if your mitt romney you have to when virtually every single other state. that's what we mean by prohibitive math. looking at that same math. what do you think? >> i think it looks bleak for the republicans. i am not happy about it, but i am praying. i have all my fingers and toes crossed. i'm worried about what happens if we lose. neil: the futures are down. i don't want to tightest directly to what's going on in this election tonight, but what do you think happens to the markets? if we have just another four years like the last four or at least like we have been used to. >> well, we raced to
are california, hawaii, idaho, oregon, and washington. those are all states that the president is expected to win. that would be about 70 -- actually 82 electoral votes that he could pick up in the 11:00 p.m. hour or shortly thereafter. so now your up to about 245. i have not even counted ohio where he is leading, not prohibitively, but leading command that would bring you to 263, within seven of winning the 270 you need. and then you understand that if your mitt romney you have to when...
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picked and it's these issues what does this mean for the country going forward to say something now in california that didn't jerry brown's tax measure it actually was approved yeah anti-tax measures these these that i see that were were i think that this was out this was a very good year for obama's get out the vote activities he was able to identify his voters and get them to the polls and i think the more of them that's the end and what that did was that helped a lot of other there's a lot of ballots you had a lot of you have a lot of maybe his his coattails were reflected in these ballot initiatives also i think that there were a lot of people predisposed to vote for these things who got a ride to the polls by the obama campaign could this have anything to do with the fact that in the twenty five blue states that raised taxes and increased spending over the last three years we saw unemployment go down and g.d.p. go up good things and in the twenty four red states that cut taxes cut spending laid off people we saw unemployment go up g.d.p. go down the people are figuring out that this whole re
picked and it's these issues what does this mean for the country going forward to say something now in california that didn't jerry brown's tax measure it actually was approved yeah anti-tax measures these these that i see that were were i think that this was out this was a very good year for obama's get out the vote activities he was able to identify his voters and get them to the polls and i think the more of them that's the end and what that did was that helped a lot of other there's a lot...
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now to california. where election workers have their work cut out for them as they tally the ballots. >> the provisional and vote by mail ballots need to be verified and any damaged ballots have to be redone. a 19615 law requires 1% of precincts picked at random to count their ballots by hand. >> it can be extra complicated because there will be campaign workers standing over the shoulders of these workers while they are verifying the workers and challenging their decisions and that can make it time consumerring and tedious as well. >> it could take days to learn the results as some of the close races, counties have until december 4th to certify the results. americans are choosing new members of the house and senate. and it appears that the power will remain divided. let's go back to washington d.c. and scott mcfarland. scott. >> which raises big questions about the questions of nancy pelosi as house democratic leader. let's talk about the land of the senate, 53 and 43 edged for democrats. even republic
now to california. where election workers have their work cut out for them as they tally the ballots. >> the provisional and vote by mail ballots need to be verified and any damaged ballots have to be redone. a 19615 law requires 1% of precincts picked at random to count their ballots by hand. >> it can be extra complicated because there will be campaign workers standing over the shoulders of these workers while they are verifying the workers and challenging their decisions and that...
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it's his home state, california. 45 electoral votes. ronald reagan picks up his home state of california. he has never lost a race there. and we fill in a big chunk of the map once again with blue. now solid blue practically all the way from the mississippi river westward leaving only oregon, washington and arkansas as you can see. >> beginning to look like a suburban swimming pool over there. >> even in the east. >> sherman oaks i'd say by the way. >> even in the east, reagan is ahead. go ahead and have a look at this. >> the electoral vote, ronald reagan pushing heart at 400 electoral votes. no one was saying that just a couple of days ago. >> flash forward to now. we are here in democracy plaza, home of decision 2012 coverage. on election night we are expecting thousands to gather behind me here. the iconic rockefeller skating rink will have a map of the u.s. there you see it in place. states will be iced over in red or blue as the race is called by the nbc news decision desk. red and blue banned ins representing electoral votes will
it's his home state, california. 45 electoral votes. ronald reagan picks up his home state of california. he has never lost a race there. and we fill in a big chunk of the map once again with blue. now solid blue practically all the way from the mississippi river westward leaving only oregon, washington and arkansas as you can see. >> beginning to look like a suburban swimming pool over there. >> even in the east. >> sherman oaks i'd say by the way. >> even in the east,...
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in some of these states that are not per not blue states or top if we're not talking about california or new york colorado and not and montana purple states where ordinary folks are standing up and saying we've got to do something about this so it's coming from the grassroots i think it's like one hundred sixty cities and states have already passed resolutions through their city councils or the state legislatures calling on congress to send us a constitutional amendment that we can put to the people of whether corporate money should feel they ought to control or part i think it's important to remember our citizens united has not just affected the general election this role of money in politics has also had a major impact during the primary process that i know it seems like forever ago but i one time when we were watching the earlier debates there were eight republican candidates standing on the stage and certainly money played a role in who lasted and who didn't i want to get your take jam on the process as a whole sort of leading up to other republicans having a nominee. is not just
in some of these states that are not per not blue states or top if we're not talking about california or new york colorado and not and montana purple states where ordinary folks are standing up and saying we've got to do something about this so it's coming from the grassroots i think it's like one hundred sixty cities and states have already passed resolutions through their city councils or the state legislatures calling on congress to send us a constitutional amendment that we can put to the...
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re liz this has been a bastion for fund raising although california really doesn't have a lot of impact in the national presidential election it's a traditional blue state i mean president obama has raised over one hundred million dollars here in california mitt romney you know he wasn't far behind you he raised almost seventy million dollars so in that instance california is very important although is very very likely going to turn to obama but what is really happening here and there is really pushing people's buttons is that there are eleven beller initiatives in although they only affect california law some of these initiatives could potentially have some national ramifications such as one that aims to crack down on unions another one which would end the death penalty in another one which would require labeling of g.m.o. foods so well this is a definitely a democratic state it appears that there are a lot of people voting through mail which also benefits democrats although what we're seeing today is that the numbers of people actually going to the pows are smaller than they were four
re liz this has been a bastion for fund raising although california really doesn't have a lot of impact in the national presidential election it's a traditional blue state i mean president obama has raised over one hundred million dollars here in california mitt romney you know he wasn't far behind you he raised almost seventy million dollars so in that instance california is very important although is very very likely going to turn to obama but what is really happening here and there is really...